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Müller, Rudolf (Jagdgeschwader 5)

Date of birth:
November 21st, 1920 (Frankfurt am Main/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)
Date of death:
October 21st, 1943 (Temnikow, USSR)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Career:
1940: Luftwaffe;
August 1941: 1. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 77;
January 1942: 6. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 5.

Achieved a total of 94 aerial victories in the East.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 25th, 1942
Noncommissioned officer Rudolf Müller scored in aerial combat near Murmansk on one day five aerial victories.
Wehrmachtbericht
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 5 "Eismeer", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
May 27th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Written in Patzwall / Scherzer as Mueller.
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer, 6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 5 "Eismeer", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
June 19th, 1942
Awarded after 41 aerial victories.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 1st, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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